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What is Raleigh-Durham?

April 26, 2017raleigh-durham

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What is Raleigh-Durham?

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Raleigh-Durham is shorthand for Raleigh-Durham International Airport, or RDU in airport code. It is often misused by the media as shorthand for the former five-county Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area, redefined in 2003) or the two-metro Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA (Combined Statistical Area)—upon which nearly all so-called “city” rankings are based…e.g., best places to live. Shortening of these place names is objectionable to those who live in the Research Triangle Region.